To understand what good looks like for children’s play in a digital world, we cut through today’s anxious confusion by integrating insights from multiple sources of expertise to synthesise the value of play in childhood. Informed by public consultation, we evaluated opportunities to transpose the qualities of play into digital contexts, and have proposed ways to enhance them. The results can be found in our latest report, Playful by Design: Free play in a digital world. Download PDF here.
Playful By Design Toolkit
This Playful by Design Tool has been created by the Digital Futures Commission to support designers improve children’s opportunities for free play in a digital world, and to tackle the challenges in developing digital products and services that respect children’s rights.
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How does free play manifest in the digital environment?
By Kruakae Pothong, Sonia Livingstone and Angela Colvert Children will always find ways to have fun. And they don’t distinguish where they play – online »
Navigating the ethical challenges of consulting children via Zoom
By Kruakae Pothong and Sonia Livingstone The internet has become a lifeline for both adults and children during COVID-19 lockdown for work, education and fun. »
Problematising freemiums in digital games
By Al Mik A lot has changed in the world of digital play over the past decade. The speed and power of processors have produced »
Possibilities for a future Pokémon Go
By Kruakae Pothong and Sonia Livingstone Back in 2016, the number of daily active users of Pokémon Go rocketed close to 45 million users within »
Is the gaming world getting more diverse?
By Al Mik The first stage of the Digital Futures Commission has focused on rethinking play for a digital world. This is an incredibly broad »
Reimagining digital play: we want more sociability, hybridity and safety, with fewer tricky freemiums
By Kruakae Pothong In our digital play consultation we are hearing from children and young people how they are finding ways to enjoy online the »